Radiator protector



E. 0. MALOY RADIATOR PROTECTOR Filed Feb. 18, 1922 Patented Feb. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES.

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- RADIATOR PROTECTOR.

Application filed February 18,1922. Serial No. 537,511.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST D. MALOY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Sharon, in the county of Mahaska and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Radiator Protector, of which the following is aspecification.

single sheet of material formed with shutters, the shuttersb'ein' capable of swingin movement for permittlng air to pass throu the radiator. The shutter being formed y cutting athree-sided cut in the sheet of material and scoring a fourth side, whereby, the cut portion and scored portion,.will define a shutter.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, ar-

rangement and combination of the various parts of my device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as"-'herinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a fro-ntelevation of a radiator of an automobile with any protector attached.

thereon.

Figure 2 is an enlarged central sectional viewtaken through the radiator and protector.

Figure 3 is a detailedsectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a detailedsectional view of a portion of the protector.

Figure 5 is a enlarged detailed view of a portion of the protector.

' Figure 6 is a detailedsectional view'taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 shows a modified form of the spring used in closing-the shutters of the protector.

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate the shell. of a radiator and 11 to indicate the core portion of the radiator. Secured to the core 11 and extended through the shell 10 is the inlet ipe 12.

I r, -;The hood 0 the automobile is referred to by the reference numeral 13. A cowl 14 anddash 15 are provided. The parts just descrlbed being of ordinary construction.

My invention consists of a fiat sheet of material 16 preferably of paper. The sheet of material 16 rests against thecore 11 and is held in place by the shell 10, which overlaps the edges of the sheet 16. The sheet 16 is of comparatively thin material so that it may be received beneath theshell 10. The sheet 16 is provided with a number of threesided cut ortions 17.

Connecting the free ends of the cut portions 17 is a scored portion 18. The cut and scored portions 17 and 18 define what I call the shutters of my device. The shutters are .referred to by the reference numeral 19.

The blades 19 are permitted to swing, the scored portion 18 serving as a hinge.

In this connection it may be mentioned that the scored portion 18 so weakens the sheet of material 16 that it serves as a hingev for permitting swinging movement of the blade 19.

In order to open and close the blades 19, I provide the following described mechanism. K

Secured to the sheet 16 below the lowermost shutter 19 is a strip 20, so bent as to form a air of guides 21 and 22. Each of the gui es 21 and 22 is provided with inclined slots 23.

The slots 23 incline upwardly and outwardly. The purpose of the inclined slots 23 will be hereinafter more fully set forth. Extending into the guides 21 and 22 are the rods 24 and 25. Pins 26 are extended through the rods 24 and 25 and through the slots 23 in the guides 21 and 22.

The upper end of the rods 24 and 25 have fixed to them flexible elements 27 and 28. Extending through the shell 10 and resting on the upper surface of the core 11 of the radiator, is a pair of tubes 29 and 30. The flexible element 27 extends through the tubes 29, while the flexible element 28 extends through the tube 30.

A pair of tubes 31 extend from the dash 15 to the cowl 14 and are fixedin a plate 32. On the plate 32 is a yoke shaped support .32 in which are pivoted two crank levers easily.

device is done away with.

notches 32 in levers 32 which are pivoted by a pin 32 in the support 32*. A spring protector.. .The arm 32 will hold the lever in any desired'position.

By arranging the tubes 29, 30, and 31, I

am able to guide theflexible elements very Fixed to the lower ends of the rods 24 and 25 are the springs 33 and 34. The lower ends of the springs 33 and 34 are anchored to the sheet 16. Flxed to each of the shutters 19 is a yoke member 35. The yoke members extend around the rods 24 and 25 as clearl illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings. portion of the yoke devices 35 are secured to the rod 24, and the remainder, to the rod 25.

In Figure 7 I have shown one of the springs in modified form. The spring 34 is fastened to the rod 25 at a point approximately midway of its length, and the guide The ulling of either of the. flexible elements 2 and 28 will cause a portion of the shutters 19 to be swung on the scored portion 18. When the rods 24 and 25 are raised they will also be thrown outwardly by the inclined slots 23. The moving of the rods 24 and 25 outwardly, when the shutters are opened is extremel necessary.

If the inclined s ots 23 were not rovided the sprin s 33 and 34 would hold t e lower ends of t e rods against the material 16.

The uides and slots permit the opening of the utters uniformly. One set of shut- .ters miig ht be opened partially withoutopenmg the other set in view ofthe fact that the ro s 24 and 25 are spaced from the shutters 19, as clearly illustrated in Figure 5 of the drawings. Fastenin the chain links32 in.

the hooks 36 will ho d the shutters in their, I

open position against the action of the spring 33 or 34 as the case may be.

As soon as the flexible elements are released the springs will immediately cause the shutters to be moved to closed position The advantages of my device are the simple details and the fact that the shutters and backing of the protector member is composed of a single sheet of material.

When paper is used the sheet of material is water-proofed so as to stand .up whether it is wet or not.

Some changes may-be made in the arrangement and construction of the various parts of my device, without departing from the essential features and purposes of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claim, any modified-forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, which ma be reasonably included within its scope.

I claim as my invention:

A radiator protector of the class described including a vflexible sheet member, hinged shutter members formed from said sheet with their upper marginal edge formed integral therewith, said shutter members having a scored line along their upper edge for permitting hinged movement of the shutter VERNESTVD. MALOY. 

